Personal Capital If you have come here, read thru the Stock Series and decided the simple low-cost approach described makes sense, you are now faced with the problem of how do you get from where you are to where you want to be. That is, what do you do with all the investments you already have? How,… [Continue Reading]
Stocks — Part XXXIII: Optimism
Ya gotta be optimistic if yer gonna be an English Major Several years ago, as an English Major myself and because I can’t draw, I put a description of the cartoon above in my “About” page and in a post or two I can’t remember just now. In it I invited “one of my talented readers”… [Continue Reading]
Kibanda Part 4: Quicksand!
When I was a kid, the TV adventure serials and pre-movie shorts (remember those?) in the theaters were filled with dauntless heroes facing deadly peril in exotic lands. One of the most compelling of these was quicksand. You be walking along when suddenly you, or more likely the lovely damsel with you (sorry ladies, that’s… [Continue Reading]
My Talk at Google, Playing with FIRE and other Chautauqua connections
Playing with FIRE Back in late February when I flew out to Portland, OR to film my small part in the upcoming documentary “Playing with FIRE” Producer Scott Rieckens picked me up and whisked me off to dinner. Joining us were his lovely wife and Co-Producer Taylor, Director Travis Shakespeare and JD Roth of Get… [Continue Reading]
Stocks — Part XXXII: Why you should not be in the stock market
A couple of weeks back my pal and fellow Chautauqua speaker Firecracker and I were talking. At one point I was sharing with her an insight I had begun to develop about myself. Namely that I simply must be fundamentally wired differently than most folks. One of the key human characteristics that research has nailed down… [Continue Reading]
Chautauqua 2018: Mt. Olympus, Greece
Cavo Olympo Chautauqua 2018 on the shores of the Aegean Sea at the foot of Mt. Olympus OK, I’m just going to come out and say it. If you want to join us for Chautauqua 2018 this October stop reading and go directly here to sign up: Chautauqua Greece, 2018 Do it now. The advance… [Continue Reading]
An International Portfolio from The Escape Artist
The Escape Artist Regular readers know the story. This blog launched in 2011 at the suggestion of a business colleague of mine. I had shared with him letters and notes I had been writing to my daughter, mostly about money and investing. One of my core beliefs is that, in this complex world we have… [Continue Reading]
The Bond Experiment: Return to VBTLX
After a somewhat hidden ~7 year experiment with other bond funds, last week I returned our portfolio to VBTLX. Background Those of you who have read The Stock Series here on the blog, or my book The Simple Path to Wealth, know that I recommend two core funds: VTSAX — Total Stock Market Index Fund… [Continue Reading]
How to Invest in Bitcoin like Benjamin Graham
“On October 26, 2012 I bought 100 Bitcoins for $1017 USD. As of November 28th, 2017, they are worth almost exactly $1,000,000 USD.” Of late, I have been getting an increasing number of folks asking for my opinion on cryptocurrencies. The above line (cribbed and slightly modified from Lucas’ opening below) would be the ideal… [Continue Reading]
Kibanda Part 3: Running the numbers
It is a new dawn and… …sunrise at Kibanda After a brutal move (“Well then, we’ll just leave your stuff on the lawn and go”) we have finally taken up residency here at Kibanda. The lake front is as magnificent as we remembered. Unfortunately, owning a house is also as big a PITA (pain in… [Continue Reading]
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